Ineffable Wingbolt Lord Safey Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 I was looking into making one. I believe their is are some people on the forums who know tad bit more about electrical devices then I. My experience with electricity is mostly high school and fresh man college robotics which may or may not help. Have done some research on my own but just don't feel comfortable with making one myself yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 I think the first step is travelling back in time and killing Hitler. Once you accomplish that, the rest should be simple. Just remember that the coil's weakness is power; if the Allies black out the base, nothing will stop them. (In seriousness, I can't help you. I didn't even know that casual hobbyists could make them -- the ones I've seen were huge.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Cthulhu Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan I think the first step is travelling back in time and killing Hitler. Once you accomplish that, the rest should be simple. Just remember that the coil's weakness is power; if the Allies black out the base, nothing will stop them. (In seriousness, I can't help you. I didn't even know that casual hobbyists could make them -- the ones I've seen were huge.) Not so sure killing Hitler would be the good idea it's made out to be. World War II was the catalyst for epic technological advances, especially due to the Nazis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Yay for human sacrifice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan Just remember that the coil's weakness is power; if the Allies black out the base, nothing will stop them. Honestly, I preferred MechWarrior to Red Alert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Lord Safey Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 afraid time travel is a tad bit beyond me at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Cthulhu Not so sure killing Hitler would be the good idea it's made out to be. World War II was the catalyst for epic technological advances, especially due to the Nazis. More to the point, it is a well known fact that killing Hitler is impossible. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Lord Safey afraid time travel is a tad bit beyond me at the moment Not beyond Stephen Hawing, though! I'm sure SOT will wander over and explain it in terms we can understand, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Cthulhu Not so sure killing Hitler would be the good idea it's made out to be. World War II was the catalyst for epic technological advances, especially due to the Nazis. if you kill off the medieval church then it will balance out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Unbound Draykon Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 well of course he his, because he's already dead there is no word called 'deader' like the Syfy movie 'Deader Than Dead ' Open this Click to reveal.. Quote: Hitler Can't be killed now answer the orignal question! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Dangit Diki, I barely saved myself from getting sucked into the site again. That was mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Ephesos Dangit Diki, I barely saved myself from getting sucked into the site again. That was mean. Lucky you. I only saved myself by switching to Cracked before I got to the second sentence... Ooh, top 6 haircuts of the late 18th century Ottoman Empire... *clicks* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 It's your own fault for clicking on a link without first seeing what it is. Alternatively, it's your fault for not bothering to memorize all the common pages on TVTropes beforehand so that you can easily escape. (The downside to the second strategy is that they've gone and renamed so many of their pages, but Dikiyoba gets around it by assuming that any new page is simply an old one that's been renamed.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Let me google that for you. Can't vouch for that method, but it looks all right. —Alorael, who doesn't believe in being saved from TVTropes. Your only hope is to be consumed first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Actually I think the medieval Christian church is now thought of as a critical positive contributor to the scientific revolution. There's a period of a couple of centuries of proto-scientific, post-Aristotelian medieval thought, that just doesn't make the cut for any short layperson history, because everything these people did was superseded by folks like Kepler, Galileo, Descartes and Newton. But Kepler and crew did not simply leap by magic genius from benighted Aristotelianism to modern science. They were all products of their time, and their time was the product of the time before it, which led up to them in a lot of critical ways that are hard for us to appreciate because we take them all for granted. Since as we now know natural law exists and is accessible to scientific investigation, in retrospect the scientific revolution was probably inevitable, given the steps towards science that had been made in late medieval Europe. In this sense it was those nearly forgotten protoscientific scholars who made science, and they were all clerics in good standing, supported by the church. And although they were smart guys, all right, they were not magic geniuses, either, but products of their time. They were critically supported by some unique institutional features of their church-dominated society, such as the legal autonomy of universities (none were secular then) and monasteries, which was a crucial advantage not shared by comparable institutions in the Islamic world or in China. In short, the medieval church may have had no idea what it was letting itself in for, but to the extent that there was any dominant cause of the development of natural science, the medieval church is the leading candidate for the role. Anything it did later to oppose science, such as condemning Galileo to house arrest, was no more than flinging a bucket back against a flood that it had itself unleashed. As to making a Tesla coil, I think you can just google it. The point of a Tesla coil is to make huge voltages to produce lightning. The huge voltages in themselves aren't necessarily dangerous — sparks you get from scuffing your feet on a thick carpet have enormous voltages, in the same range. But with enough power to make really huge sparks, you've definitely got something dangerous. Do not fry yourself. If there are instinctive mammalian fears in your hindbrain about tempting the angry god of lightning, you should listen to them. They're not all wrong. If you do get it working and don't die, though, post pictures! That would be awesome. If you do it, I might try it myself. I've always wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 While tesla coils might be fun I would want to make something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Lord Safey Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity If you do get it working and don't die, though, post pictures! That would be awesome. If you do it, I might try it myself. I've always wanted to. I'll see what I can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Lord Safey Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Downside-Up Let me google that for you. Can't vouch for that method, but it looks all right. —Alorael, who doesn't believe in being saved from TVTropes. Your only hope is to be consumed first. I have seen this one but homemade capacitors make me uneasy as most capacitors hold enough of charge to be lethal. Ones made in factories have qualified electrical engineers add safety features that only intentional vandalism can overcome. My idea is that figure out what the capticane is on the home made ones are and buy equivalent factory made capacitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I knew a pair of twins in college who would make the craziest things out of household items, including some sort of electric gun. I remember they used parts from disposable cameras for capacitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Lord Safey Posted May 7, 2010 Author Share Posted May 7, 2010 thanks almost forgot about the capacitors used for the flash in disposable cameras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Oh, a note about the electricity in a disposable camera. One of my friends made a taser out of a disposable camera once, and he said it scorched steel. You might want to be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I'm shocked that you would suggest such a dangerous idea. Sorry, that was a pun waiting to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Err, play Fallout 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Lord Safey Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 I'm aware of the danger and the fact that they can hold a charge for an indefinite period time. Also heard from somewhere that they can actually get a charge even when not plugged in. Not sure if that true though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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